2 Samuel 17:19
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And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
In other translations
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
Hebrew words
וַתִּקַּחvatikachand she tookH3947הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802וַתִּפְרֹשׂvatifrosand she spread outH6566אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמָּסָךְhamasokhthe coveringH4539עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַבְּאֵרhabe'erthe wellH875וַתִּשְׁטַחvatishtachand she spreadH7849עָלָיו'alavon itH5921הָרִפוֹתharifotthe grain[s]H7383וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נוֹדַעnoda'it was knownH3045דָּבָר׃davaranythingH1697
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